Hacker News Reader

For Dunkirk, I believe the shops, restaurants,... now pay more tax to sustain the free transports. It’s better than taxing individuals because everybody wins: residents have more money to spend, shops pay more taxes but they now have more customers who are now richer.

View on HN

But that also means higher prices in the shops and restaurants. This makes markets outside of the city more competitive. Eg order from Amazon instead of buying from a local store.

Not necessary. If you can sell more stuff, then you can make the same profit with lower profit margin per item.

yeah I'm going to buy a quiche lorraine off amazon and serve it to my date

Reply on news.ycombinator.com